Who's more valuable, rest of season
Michael Rucker.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Bryan King’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
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WHIP
▶
W
◀
SV
Michael Rucker wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan King wins 1 (SV); 1 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Michael Rucker
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.8%
Michael Rucker
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.7%
Michael Rucker
27.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
30.9%
Michael Rucker
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.3%
Michael Rucker
38.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.5%
Michael Rucker
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.314
Michael Rucker
.289
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05
The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Bryan King
2.185.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.98
Michael Rucker
2.185.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
.9001.69
now 1.30
1.35
Michael Rucker
.9001.69
now 0.50
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4025.40
now 19
15
Michael Rucker
4025.40
now 3
17
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
0–0
Michael Rucker
.000.480
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
3–5
Michael Rucker
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowMichael Rucker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.87